Un-connection and in-authenticity

Americans are suffering illness and death due to the level of disconnection from other people. The amount of direct contact with other people has been decreasing since the 1970s.

The essay "Bowling Alone" took note of this development in 1995, but it has continued since then.

By going to the store to buy things, you can have a little more social contact with a variety of people — and you can pay cash and resist surveillance capitalism.